Suspects to be charged in Crossings theft, car chase

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Feb 9, 2013 at 12:01 AM

Pocono Township police have identified cousins Daniel Davidson, 27, and Treyvon Samuel, 22, both of East Stroudsburg, as the men involved in a Thursday theft at the Crossings Premium Outlets that led to a car chase on Interstate 80.

Pocono Township police have identified cousins Daniel Davidson, 27, and Treyvon Samuel, 22, both of East Stroudsburg, as the men involved in a Thursday theft at the Crossings Premium Outlets that led to a car chase on Interstate 80.

Officer Chris Gupko said Davidson and Samuel were not arraigned by a district judge when found Thursday afternoon and that they instead will receive summonses in the mail to appear for future district court hearings.

Gupko said Davidson and Samuel confessed to being involved in the incident, giving the following account:

Shortly before 1:30 p.m. Thursday, the suspects stole hats from a Crossings store. Police got a call and Gupko responded, encountering the suspects getting into a red Hyundai in the Crossings parking lot.

They refused Gupko's orders to stop and almost ran over his feet while backing out of the parking spot.

Gupko broke the driver-side window in efforts to stop them, but they fled.

Police chased the car on I-80 East, but lost sight of it. Police traced the license plate obtained by Gupko to the suspects' aunt in East Stroudsburg and learned of other relatives living in Penn Estates.

Penn Estates security assisted by being on the lookout, while Stroud Area Regional Police helped by locating the aunt's address.

When police arrived and found the suspects there, the aunt reported her car had been "vandalized" with the window broken out.